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Windfarms bring renewable energy and good fortune to Romania - Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:00:00 GMT
Black Sea winds turn Romanian villages into Europe's wind energy El Dorado Exiled to the shores of the Black Sea 2,000 years ago, the Roman poet Ovid discovered the powerful winds that blew across that eastern border of the empire. To this day the wind continues to blow inland as far as Fantanele, ...
Don’t waste your money on these 7 ‘Green’ items - Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:41:00 GMT
People want green homes and investors want to give them green homes. The logic is simple, the demand is there and the profits should follow, right? Wrong. The cardinal mistake I see investors make when they attempt to ‘green’ their investments is spending too much. They spend ...
Seven Sites for Buying Organic Clothes - Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:26:00 GMT
From hippies to fashionistas, there's organic clothing out there for all types... It’s really easy to get caught up in going green and saving the environment in respect to the big steps like purchasing energy efficient appliances* or hybrid cars. Often though we tend ...
Green Column: Australia Steps Up Renewable Energy Efforts - Sun, 22 Aug 2010 16:50:00 GMT
Sustainable energy now supplies just 6 percent of power in Australia. But the country has set a target of 20 percent by 2020, and is investing 20 billion Australian dollars for clean energy projects.
Think twice about visiting Canada until it abandons tar sands destruction | Kenny Bruno - Wed, 18 Aug 2010 11:15:00 GMT
The Alberta tar sands are an inefficient way of producing oil and leave permanent scars on hundreds of miles of landscape If you're still planning your summer holiday, don't be fooled by Canada's green image and Alberta's famed Rocky Mountains. Canada is the surprising home to the most destructive ...
Meat grown in vats by 2050? - Sun, 15 Aug 2010 23:05:00 GMT
Leading scientists say meat grown in vats may be necessary to feed 9 billion people expected to be alive by middle of century Artificial meat grown in vats may be needed if the 9 billion people expected to be alive in 2050 are to be adequately fed without destroying the earth, ...
WWF, Green Home cautiously welcome Montenegro dams rethink - Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:46:00 GMT
The Tara River, Montenegro © Michel Gunther/WWF-Canon Rome, Italy –WWF and Green Home, its partner NGO in Montenegro, today welcomed the Montenegrin government’s decision to call off the original plans for four dams on the Moraca River, which would have affected several protected ...
Think green, think data - Wed, 04 Aug 2010 14:03:00 GMT
Gary Price, CRN, Wednesday 4 August 2010 at 14:03:00 Gary Price critiques the transition of the green IT agenda into procurement Green IT has become cemented into private and public sector transformation agendas as we collectively aim to be more sustainable. ICT is estimated to cause ...
The right tools for network management - Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:01:00 GMT
Richard Thurston, Computing, Tuesday 20 July 2010 at 11:01:00 Richard Thurston looks at how networking technology has evolved to accommodate the latest advances in enterprise IT The demands of network management have changed radically. No longer do IT departments just face the relatively simple ...
Green energy savings 'outweigh costs' - Thu, 08 Jul 2010 14:51:00 GMT
Report by Greenpeace International and European Renewable Energy Council says savings would outweigh €2tn investment The European Union could obtain 92% of its energy from renewable sources such as wind and solar by 2050 while cutting carbon emissions by 95% compared with ...
US official: oil spill shows need for green energy - Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:35:00 GMT
A senior American energy official says the oil gushing in the Gulf of Mexico dramatically illustrates the need for investing in renewable sources of energy.
US official: oil spill shows need for green energy - Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:03:00 GMT
By 2010-06-29T11:01:50Z ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- A senior American energy official says the oil gushing in the Gulf of Mexico dramatically illustrates the need for investing in renewable sources of energy....
US official: oil spill shows need for green energy - Tue, 29 Jun 2010 11:02:00 GMT
A senior American energy official says the oil gushing in the Gulf of Mexico dramatically illustrates the need for investing in renewable sources of energy.
US official: oil spill shows need for green energy - Tue, 29 Jun 2010 11:01:00 GMT
A senior American energy official says the oil gushing in the Gulf of Mexico dramatically illustrates the need for investing in renewable sources of energy. David Sandalow, an assistant energy secretary, said Tuesday the oil spill is a "tragic situation" ...
US official: oil spill shows need for green energy - Tue, 29 Jun 2010 11:01:00 GMT
A senior American energy official says the oil gushing in the Gulf of Mexico dramatically illustrates the need for investing in renewable sources of energy.
Congress on Jobs: Bad Policy, Pathetic Politics - Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:27:00 GMT
The unemployment crisis is startling to looking a lot like the gusher in the Gulf, except that where there may not be much political leaders can do about that, there are things that can be done about unemployment. The difference is that they are choosing not to do anything about it. Just as ...
"The One": The Love Affair Wanes--Worldwide - Mon, 21 Jun 2010 09:14:00 GMT
When formerly entranced supporters head for the exits The One is in trouble indeed.... Even O's favorite overseas audiences, the world's Muslim populations, are souring on The One. Their prime reason, according to polls is, get this: Obama is not sufficiently helping the Palestinians! Here ...
DOE Congratulates New Mexico on Weatherizing More than 880 Homes Under Recovery Act - Sat, 19 Jun 2010 20:24:00 GMT
Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Energy released a statement announcing that New Mexico has weatherized 881 homes under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act as of May 31, 2010. DOE congratulated New Mexico for being one of the country’s weatherization leaders, having now weatherized ...
More on the BP shakedown - Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:47:00 GMT
The $20 billion payout by BP for damages related to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill was the result of a very controversial move by the Obama Administration, in which the White House effectively ignored established legal due process and assessed the extent of BP's liability on its own, then ...
South Korea investing US$88b to improve energy efficiency - Thu, 17 Jun 2010 18:41:00 GMT
YONGIN, South Korea : Going green for South Korea is more than a social responsibility - it is a key driver of its economy. As one of Asia's biggest energy consumers, South Korea is investing 107 tril...